Cooking apparatus



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' oooKING APPARATUS.

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Patented Ja.11.30,1883.

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TINTTBD STATes PATENT @Tarea HENRY L. HOVVSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COOKING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 271,463, dated January 30, 1853. Application led September 25, 1852. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. HOWSE, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improved (looking Apparatus; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-y .the whole resting upon legs having rollers,

so tha-t the apparatus may be moved about conveniently.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete description of my invention, Figure l is a front view of my cooking apparatus, having the front side removed. Fig. 2 is a view of the pan-shaped plate G. Fig. 3 is a view of plate M. Fig. 4 shows the general construction of 1am p or burner which I employ. Fig. 5 is a view of the shelf Y.

My cooking apparatus is made in two parts, the lower part being formed of wood and the Lipper made of metal. I trst make the lower part, which is so arranged as to contain two closets, A and A', -for receiving cooking titeusils, &c. The cen-ter of the upper part ot' this wooden portion is made so that a lamp may be placed therein, as shown at l). Near the top of the said wooden portionof my apparatus I place a wooden shelf, B, which has an opening so made that the upper part of the oil-reservoir in the lamp may be placed under the hole Q in the bottoin'of the oven. Upon the shelf B, I place the second part of my apparatus, which is made of metal, as hereinbefore stated. This is arranged in the following manner: I first take a piece ofsheetiron or other sui-table metal and form it the samevsize as the wooden portion. This is fastened with nails or screwson top edge ofwoodwork B. Upon this metal frame is placed `a top plate, D, having holes E and F. for receiving cooking-vessels, and also smaller holes, F and F', which allow the escape of hot air. Beneath the top plate, D, is placed another plate, G, having` flaring edges. This plate Gis more fully shown in Fig. 2, which I will now 4describe. Holes H and H' are madein each end, so that cooking-vessels which extend through the corresponding holes in the plate l) may pass through and enter-the chimneys, which I will describe hereinafter.

I is a pipe which enters one end of the plate G, and is formed into one or more coils, and passes o ut atrthe sume end, as shown. This pipe is for the purpose of heating water -by means of the hot air which comes from the chimneys throughthe holes H and H', and also from the oven through the hole J. 0n top of the shelf B are two partitions, K and K'. These partitions are placed at such a distance from the sides of the metal frame that apartments L and L' are formed,.into each of which I place a lamp, thus employing three lamps in my apparatus.

Resting upon the partitions l( and K is a plate, M, which is shown in Fig. 3. In this plate N N and N' N' are cones or dame-guards over openings which allow the flames from the lamps to pass through into the chimneys. Holes P are formed to permit the entrance of' sufficient air for the purpose of passing the heat that radiates from the outer side ot' the chimneys up to 'the holes pp in the upper part of the metal frame.

Q is an opening made for the purpose of allowing the hot air from the chimney G to pass through into the oven.

R and It' are two chimneys, formed over the apartments L and L', respectively.` Each consists of a piece of sheet metal formed in cylindrical shape, provided with a conical-shaped disk, S, placed about midway. This disk has an opening at thetop ,as shown,and upon the upper side are placed pegs, on which rests the cooking vessel, which extends through the holes E and H inthe plates l) and G, respectively.

T is an oven, which is formed by placing two upright metal pieces, U and U', between the chimneys R and R'. This oven is heated by the hot air from the chimneys R and R' IOO and G, and also by radiated heat from the plate Gr.

On each side of the oven I place a cleat, t, upon which rests a curved shelf, Y, which is removable, and is made as follows, (see Fig. 5:) I take a piece ot' sheet metal of proper size, and after forming it into an arch shape, as shown, I make two rows of holes, each row extending lengthwise ot' the shelf near the center. l

a a are small upright tlanges, which are secured parallel with the rows ot' holes, and have corrugations formed in the upper edges, as shown. This shelf, being the full size of the oven, causes the heat to pass through the holes over the article which is 'baking to the -upper part ot' the oven, and at the same time 'may be placed upon the leaf.

The operation of my apparatus is asfollows: rI'be gas-burner or oil-lamps are placed in the apartments b, L, and L and lighted. The hot air from the lamp in the apartment passes np through the chimney C and hole Q, into the oven T, thence through the hole J in the top of the oven, and finally escapes through the holes F and F in the top plate, I). The hot airfrom the other two lamps passes up their respective chimneys, and also passes out of the holes F and F. After a vessel that has been placed over the chimney R has become sutliciently heated it may be removed and placed upon the extension-leaf V, where the hot air from lthe holes p will keep it warm, thereby leaving the hole E free to be used for any other service.

lf the shelf Y is placed in the oven, and it is desired to cook thereon, a pan is set on the tianges (t a, and the heat coming through the small holes which are made in the shelt' is allowed to escape through the corrugations which a re formed in the edges of the tlanges a a, and is thereby evenly distributed throughout the entire bottom ofthe pan.

When it is desired to bake an article it is placed upon a small removable plate having legs to raise it the proper'distauce from the bottom ofthe oven, so that the heat from the hole Q will pass between the edges of said plate and the lsides ot the oven, and, after having tirst cooked the bottom ofthe article, will be radi-ated back upon the upper side of said article by means ot' the shape ot' the shelf Y.

Fig. 11 is a view of my lamp, which is made similar to that shown in my patent of September 24, 1878, which consists of an oil-reservoir having a sink, as shown. A small flange, c, extends from the flame-guard, having two small bars, ff, that extend above the surface. of the flame-guard and tit into the corresponding slots,g g, made in the plate M, so that the wick may be lighted and the lamps placed in position, and allow the wick-tube to extend into the flame-guard and meet with no obstruction, the said bars ff fitting the space which otherwise would be formed by the slots gg, and thus prevent the entrance ot' cold air at that point.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The construction of a cooking apparatus, consisting of a wooden base havingcupboards. as shown, and a metal heatingpart consisting of an oven which is placed so that a chimney will be on each side and one below, a double top plate having holes E I'I and E H for receiving cooking-Vessels, and also holes F, F, and J for the passage of hot air, and the coiled pipe I for heating water, all arranged substantially as described.

2. The secondary top plate or pam-G, having holes H and H', corresponding with holes E and E in plate D, t'or allowing cooking-vessels to pass through, and the hole J for the escape ot' hot air from the oven, and flaring edges through which the coiled pipe is admitted, the whole forming the top ot' an oven, substantially f s herein described.

3. In a cooking apparatus, the removable arch shaped shelf Y, having small holes, as shown, and upright flanges au, the upper edges ot' which are corrugated, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

4. The plate M, forming the bottom of the oven, and having the flame-guards N N and N N', and holes I) and Q, for conveying the heat, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

In the construction of a lamp which is used for heating a cooking apparatus, the lugs ff, so arranged that they tit into corresponding slots, gg, made in the flame-guard plate M, substantially as herein shown.

ln witness whereof I hereunto set my hand.

IIEN tY L. H()\VSE.

Vitnessesz FRANK VA. B uooKs, Jesse H. WADLEIGH.

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